A tentative schedule of things we will do over the first few weeks. ------ Old 2012 Schedule
Journal Club Schedule:
Journal Club Summ13
Researcher's Names:
Tony, Alyssa, Grace, Young, Jacky, Kevin, Katherine, Kavya, Marianna, Melissa, Nicolet, Priya, Ramiro, Vicky, Oscar, Jason, Betty, Brian, Gabe, Salil, Stephanie, Ariel

Renee, Serena, Will, Madeline, til ~July 15th, Ashlee -til July 3rd, Anita, Laraib, Karuna - til June 28th, Brendan,

NOTE - see very bottom of page for previous weeks' schedules and things to catch up on that you may have missed.

SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE FOR SUMMER SOCIAL FORM

Research Presentations Schedule

Monday 15th: Priya & Oscar & Betty, Kavya & Vicky
Monday 22nd: Tony, Katherine V., Alyssa & Stephanie, Grace & Young
Monday 29th: Nicolet, Ramiro, Jacky & Kevin, Melissa & Jason

RESEARCH POSTER WORKSHOP SERIES:
Tues, July 23rd: Research Poster Design Workshop FAC 328 3-4 PM
Tues, July 30th: Research Poster Design Workshop FAC 328 3-4 PM
Wed, July 31st: Research Poster Presentation Workshop FAC 328 3-4 PM
Tues, Aug 6th: Research Poster Presentation Workshop FAC 328 3-4 PM
Thurs Aug 8th: Poster Session WEL Grand Hall 1-3 PM

This Week

People to update Target page:
People to update Wikispaces Research Pages:

MONDAY 29-Jul

Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 403 (Gearing Hall)

& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper
http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Journal+Club+Summer+13

3:00 PM - Research Poster Design Wokshop FAC 328
-- Good preparation for the poster you will generate in the Spring for the Undergraduate Research Forum OR if you want to attend a travel conference (e.g. ABRCMS or NCUR)



TUESDAY 30-Jul

WEDNESDAY 31-Jul
Last official day in the lab

Check your hours on the Hours Chart Be sure you have enough towards you 160.
EVERYONE:
  • Total your hours on the sign in sheet
  • Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces Research Pages 2013
    • Put a line and 'Week 9'

Finish up your Lab Notebook and leave it in your pigeon hole

THURSDAY & FRIDAY - optional days. We will have mentors in the lab.

August 20th - 2 page summer reports due. Essentially a progress report/research update for the summer.


Next Week

nothing - empty your brain.












Naturally Obsessed Form - when to watch this documentary- Please fill out this form....
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdJaEQ5cUtEQm1uaXJ5LVNNdUR4NkE6MQ

TACC Tour at VisLab in ACES building ON CAMPUS - @

(meet in lab before at to walk over)
Fill out - Medical Waiver
Fill out - Liability form

TACC Tour - @

(meet in lab before - then we'll catch bus up to Pickle campus)

GASF (Genome Sequencing and Analysis Facility) Tour in MBB 4.102

Paper to read before the tour: NGS_Mardis.pdf

Algae Lab Tour: Meet in PAI 2.14 - then will walk over to BIO 320


Middle Schoolers visit lab
  • Mentors: prepare RE digest products for MSers

Cool Stuff We May Not Get To:

Library generation and ligand prep for virtual
Homology modelling

Screening with ICM
  • pharmacophore models


DSF (Differential Scanning Fluorimetry) assays
qPCR
Crystallization trials


Staff Stuff:
Label new reagents and supplies
Dilute new 100 bp ladder in Blue Juice + TE
test all tubes of [[#|Taq Polymerase]] in PCR
Target Discovery choices --> order primer sets

ToDo List:
Lab Notebook Checks
Protocol cost analysis (Transformation, cloning)
Walk through protein expression (use current mentor's enzymes)
  • Joey & Christina's Francisella HAP enzyme
  • Sadhana's M. tuberculosis enzyme
  • Joshua's M. tuberculosis enzyme
  • J.C.'s YopH





















































make and run SDS-Page protein gels
load and run SDS-Page protein gels


Lab Group Meeting/Journal Club (in
Final Summer Research Presentations (upload to Google Docs by Sunday night)
  • 2-3 slides, ~ 7 minutes
  • What your disease and protein target are (since the rest of the group doesn't know exactly what you are working on)
  • Specifics about size of gene, GC% content, etc.
  • Size of protein, is there a structure in the PDB?
  • What you set out to do
  • Where you have gotten so far (show gel pics, images, graphs or relevant data)
    • Challenges, failures, side-steps
  • Future Directions (i.e. Fall semester and beyond)

Social ???

(Remember to work on your 1 page (~500) word summary of your research. No figures needed.
- Motivation, What you did, What you have left to do on your project. Reflect on what you have gotten out of your summer research and if it was what you expected.
- submit to Dr. B before Sept. 1st. Then I will proof and send to Dr. Simmons.


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Last Day of VDS Summer Research


expression, purification, characterization
  • test specific activity of your enzyme for lot to lot consistency

Research Presentation Schedule:
Date: Name

Instructions: prepare 3-5 Powerpoint slides to present your work to date
  • Intro (talk about your disease and what your protein does), Objectives, Methods& Results, Future Directions









OLD STUFF (2012 Summer)





Dr. B NOTES

PCRs to do succesfully before you can move on to Target cloning:
ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls
ProtocolPCR_pLICsequencing.xls

Veteran VDSers:
  1. Pick up target tail primers (Leader and Laggers) we ordered 2 days ago (to get in MBB building)
    • ProtocolPrimerDilutionVDS_Summ12.docx
  2. Make your Oligo Mixfor your target (first step in Overlap PCR protocol) using PLATE of overlap primers - VERY important to not cross-contaminate your primers!!
    • ProtocolPCR_PrimerOverlapVDS_Summ12.docx
    • takes A LONG time to thaw primers in box.

Transformation Efficiency:
pmCherry
pGFP

Veteran VDSers:
  • Make Kan/Sucrose LB Agar plates for your target cloning
  • ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls
  • ProtocolPCR_pLICsequencing.xls
  • Dilute Tail primers - ProtocolPrimerDilutionVDS_Summ12.docx
  • Overlap PCRs

ProtocolMidiPrepKit_HiSpeed_VDS.doc on




(NOT YET) ProtocolBacterialGrowthCurve_VDS_Summ12.xlsx - test (needs to be modified a little)

Veteran VDSers:
  • Make Kan/Sucrose LB Agar plates for your target cloning
  • ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls
  • ProtocolPCR_pLICsequencing.xls
  • Dilute Tail primers - ProtocolPrimerDilutionVDS_Summ12.docx
  • Overlap PCRs

After your Primary and Secondary Overlap PCR work, go to : ProtocolpNIC-Bsa4_cloningVDS_Summ12.doc

make SDS-Page protein gels for characterization step


Midiprep on pNIC-Bsa4 :
Midiprep on pUC19 : ??

Transformation of plasmids to make stocks - pUC19


12:30, 1:00 - all day: protein expression (Max , Kaarthik , Urvashi , Janice , Rishi, Aldo (observe) )
-- we will start a little later than we normally would but we will use an abbreviated induction phase (~ 3 hrs) so that we can finish in a more reasonable time.

(NOT YET) ProtocolBacterialGrowthCurve_VDS_Summ12.xlsx - test (needs to be modified a little)

Each Person:
  • one flask at 30degC in water bath shaker
  • one flask at 37deg in air incubator
Measure OD every few hours over ~ 8hrs time span until OD reaches 1.000 at 600nm
Make LB and Autoclave with flasks that you will use.
------- put 500ml into in 2x 2L flasks
------ put 50 ml into 4 x 250 ml flasks

--ProtocolPrimerDilutionVDS_Summ12.docx
--pmCherry PCR
--pLIC PCR - ProtocolPCR_pLICsequencing.xls
--Overlap PCR of target

Make Protein Gels (Homemade SDS-Page) with

Protein Sonication

Protein expression
Monitor log phase growth in Excel spreadsheet graph
make SDS-Page protein gels for characterization step


EVERYONE: determine gene inside pNIC-Bsa4 by checking your pLIC sequencing that you sent to the core the other week
EVERYONE THAT HAS DONE MIDI-Prep (successfully): Have you submitted your sample to sequencing? Does it turn out to be the right plasmid?
~ 10:00 Prep Starter Culture (grow until ~ 8hrs to OD600 = 1 )














SATURDAY 29-May
SUNDAY 30-May
MONDAY 31-May
TUESDAY 1-Jun
WEDNESDAY 2-Jun
THURSDAY 3-Jun
FRIDAY 4-Jun
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SUNDAY 6-Jun
MONDAY 7-Jun
TUESDAY 8-Jun
WEDNESDAY 9-Jun
THURSDAY 10-Jun
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MONDAY 14-Jun
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TUESDAY 29-Jun
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THURSDAY 1-Jul
FRIDAY 2-Jul
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MONDAY 5-Jul
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TUESDAY 13-Jul
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MONDAY 19-Jul
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THURSDAY 29-Jul
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SUNDAY 1-Aug
MONDAY 2-Aug
TUESDAY 3-Aug
WEDNESDAY 4-Aug
THURSDAY 5-Aug
FRIDAY 6-Aug
SATURDAY 7-Aug
SUNDAY 8-Aug

PREVIOUS WEEKS' SCHEDULES (for Summer 2013)

|| MONDAY || 3-Jun ||

Week 1

Post your class schedule to GDOcs - Summer13
Create your own folder in Google Docs under the folder: /StudentFolders

MONDAY 3-Jun
2:00 - PAI 2.14 First meeting

1st Journal Club (please read the journal club article prior to meeting so that we can discuss it in groups)

Zolli-Juran, M.; Cechetto, J. D.; Hartlen, R.; Daigle, D. M.; Brown, E. D., High throughput screening identifies novel inhibitors of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase that are competitive with dihydrofolate. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2003, 13 (15), 2493-2496.
Zolli_JuranDHFRbacteriaHTSBioorgMedChemLett2003.pdf


Lab Safety training
- New guys - walk through with Dr. B

http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Required+Lab+Safety
  • Returning VDSers
    • sign up for FF205 (firefighter training) Lab Safety classes
    • Ariel, Renee and Ramiro - verify you also have the other classes
  • New guys - have lots of online classes to take too - see the link above
    • Print out safety training, hole punch and place in VDS sign in folder under the 'Safety' tab


Dilute some primers
  • ProtocolPrimerDilutionVDS_Summ13.docx
  • M13f, M13r, SP6, T7, VDS1, VDS2, VDSR1, VDSR2
  • label, place in primers box

'Learn how to submit to DNA sequencing' (starring Daniel et al.) - wet lab
  • ProtocolDNASequencingFacilityVDS_Summ13.doc
  • submit pGBR22, pGFP, or pmCherry using forward or reverse primer - but not both
  • post results into the RESULTS folder of GDocs




TUESDAY 4-Jun



1:00 PM start time.......

Finish up yesterday's protocols...


New guys
- pipetting exercise and Buffers & Solutions (Lab 1 of Spring VDS)


Make LB and LB plates
ProtocolLBAgarPlatesVDS.doc



Choose a Plasmid to work with on these next 2 exercises(pGBR22 or pGFP or pmCherry or pNIC-Bsa4 or pUC19)
  1. Nanodrop plasmid DNA - ProtocolNanoDropVDS.doc
  2. Transformation Efficiency Protocol -ProtocolTransformationEfficiencyVDS.docx
  • Do this exercise in pairs. (??)
  • NOTE: which antibiotic will you need

Several people: Transform a plasmid for Midi-prep (make lots of pGBR22 and pNIC-Bsa4, make a few pGFP and pmCherry and pUC19)

WEDNESDAY 5-Jun

Transformation Schedule

2:00 PM- Jacky E., Anita, Karuna, Grace, Marianna, Tony, Kavya, Oscar, Larab, Jason, Nioclet Oscar, Jason, Laraib =Make LB and LB plates

3:30 PM - Serena, Young, Vicky, Ashley, Renee, Brenden, Madalyn, Katherine V., Kevin, Melissa H.

4:00 PM - Alyssa, Priya, Ramiro, Jackie, Will I. (only doing check of plates and overnight culture)
  • Check Transformation Efficiency
  • Start overnight culture of your plasmid in DH5alpha in 80ml of LB



THURSDAY 6-Jun
WELCH computer lab open - WELCH 2.144

10 am - 1 pm Protocol Target Discovery
Ashlee, Alyssa, Anita, Young, Katherine V., Manuel, Melissa, Nicolet, Priya, Ramiro , Vicky, William


2pm - 5 pm Protocol Target Discovery

Tony, Brendan, Jiaqi, Karuna, Renee, Kevin, Kavya, Madeline, Mariana, Serena, Oscar, Jason, Laraib, Serena, Grace, Jacky E,


  • Check Transformation Efficiency
  • Start overnight culture of your plasmid in DH5alpha in 80ml of LB (Maybe ???) - depends on timing
FRIDAY 7-Jun

Throw your overnight LB cultures into the fridge to 'stop' them so that you can spin them down later (a few hours)

10 am - 1 pm Protocol Target Discovery - WELCH 2.144
10 am - 'My First PCR'
Ashlee, Alyssa, Anita, Grace, Young, Katherine V., Manuel, Melissa, Priya, Ramiro , Vicky, William

Check Transformation Efficiency
Spin down LB flasks for doing MidiPrep later (store pellet in freezer)

2pm - 5 pm Protocol Target Discovery
2 pm - 'My First PCR'
Tony, Brendan, Jiaqi, Karuna, Renee, Kevin, Kavya, Madeline, Mariana, Serena, Oscar, Jason, Nicolet, Serena, Jacky E,

Input information about which culture of plasmid you have (or will) grow up.
http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Summer+Plasmids

Add content to YOUR research page
Research Pages 2013
Put a line and 'Week 1'
Below that add your 'result' image for the week with brief commentary
This page will run in reverse chronological order - i.e. Newest stuff on top

Order Overlap Primers for class


Journal article for next week is posted on Journal Club page.


SATURDAY 8-Jun

SUNDAY 9-Jun

Week 2

MONDAY 10-Jun

Safety training check.

Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 100 (Gearing Hall)

Target Discovery selections
Protocol Primer Design OverlapAssembly
Order Overlap Primers for class

Transformations: Oscar, Jason, Laraib, Betty, Serena

Continue transformations
Do overnight cultures of plasmids in DH5alpha - check with Dr. B to see what/if you need to grow more

Input information about which culture of plasmid you have (or will) grow up.
http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Summer+Plasmids


TUESDAY 11-Jun

11:00 am Morning session of: Midi-prep plasmids -
- Tony, Ashlee, Alyssa, Anita, Grace, Young, Melissa, Priya, Vicky
  • ProtocolMidiPrepKit_HiSpeed_VDS.doc

1pm start agarose gels of last week's 1st PCR (for the people not doing MidiPrep - e.g. Katherine, Nicolet, Marianna, Kevin, Oscar, Jason, Serena, Kavya, Jacky)
PCR ? - Laraib, Betty
Submit to DNA sequencing - Laraib, Betty, Oscar, Jason
Nanodrop a plasmid - Laraib, Betty, Oscar, Jason

2:00 pm Afternoon session of: Midi-prep
-Brendan, Jiaqi, Karuna, Renee, Madeline, Manuel, Ramiro, Will


Do overnight cultures of plasmids - Oscar, Jason, Laraib, Betty

Make 500 ml of LB


New guys do Lab 1: Buffers & Solutions



On Your Targets Page:

Add Link to DNA Works output text file
Add substrate cost, quantity, and catalog numbers (and supplier) for enzyme assay reagents
Add image of BRENDA reaction mechanism (screenshot it)



WEDNESDAY 12-Jun
11:30 am - Morning session of: Midi-prep plasmids - Katherine V, Nicolet, Marianna, Kevin, Oscar, Jason, Laraib, Betty, Serena, Kavya, Jacky
  • ProtocolMidiPrepKit_HiSpeed_VDS.doc

1pm start agarose gels of last week's 1st PCR


Fill out Travel Authorization Forms for field trips.
-- see GoogleDocs/Misc/TravelForms
-- print out and complete - put in Dr. B's box in lab (pigeon hole)

[ACTIONREQUIRED]: Will/Ramiro please put your DNAWorks output file into the "DNAWorks_Output" folder in vdsclass@gmail.com/Misc/Primers.

Grace/Young, Priya/Vicky, Jacky/Kavya, and Serena please upload your DNA oligonucleotide sequences onto the spreadsheet titled "PrimerPlateOrderTemplate_GDocs_Summer2013".

THURSDAY 13-Jun


Repeat 1st PCR if failed (why did it fail?)
Then:
ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls

Analyze DNA Sequence Exercise as a group?

FRIDAY 14-Jun

11 am - 2pm Optional time to catch up on stuff.
- Daniel mentoring

Print Journal Club article for you and your friends

Make LB for next week (500ml per person)

Agarose gel checks
ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls

Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces
Research Pages 2013
  • Put a line and 'Week 2'
  • Below that add your 'result' image for the week with brief commentary
  • This page will run in reverse chronological order - i.e. Newest stuff on top

Lab Notebook check - should have everything up to date.

SATURDAY 15-Jun
-- sleep all day
SUNDAY 16-Jun
-- watch TV all day


WEEK 3

When not doing protein expression - can work on PCR's Red/Green, and then PCR pLIC sequencing,
  • ProtocolPCRforREcloningRED.xls OR ProtocolPCRforREcloningGREEN.xls (if fail, redo)
  • ProtocolPCR_pLICsequencing.xls (if fail, redo)
Grow up your own batch of pNIC-Bsa4 (160ml) overnight and spin down to pellets the next day, save, and midi-prep later. (if fail, redo - because you need it for cloning)


MONDAY 17-Jun

Those who need to update their Wikispaces page: Young, Karuna, Renee, Kevin, Madeline, Manuel, Nicolet, William

Verify your Safety training is all present.

1:00 - 4 people (Grace, Katherine, Young, Nicolet) start transformation of YopH and FtHAP into BL21(DE3) cells (instead of DH5alpha)
---- plasmids should be in 'Plasmids' box or the 'Final Plasmids' box
---- share your tube of competent bacterial cells BL21(DE3) with another groups - i.e. only use 1/2 of the tube for yours
Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Katherine & Jacky - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Young - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Nicolet & Kevin - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4


OTHERS:
Start one of the PCRs listed above
OR
Make LB for expression if you haven't already done so (500ml per person)
AND/OR
Prepare your flasks for overnight culture for protein expression (2x 50ml OR 2 x 100 ml of LB with Antibiotic) - Alyssa, Melissa, Vicky, Priya, Tony, Renee, Ramiro, Will
Label your flasks
AND/OR
Check DNA sequence of your MidiPrepped samples
-- once the plasmid is verified - move it to the regular 'plasmids' box (and but the other half in the top loading freezer in the 'plasmids' box)
-- Update plasmid info on the Google 'Plasmid Concentrations' spreadsheet:
---------https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoO2KqKh2q_-dENvNGJEdW9qdUxQZmFYeTVoeXA0SUE&usp=sharing


Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM CHANGED TO @ 3:00 PM in GEA 100 (Gearing Hall) - unless we can't get this room.
& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper

Daniel - create a 'Plasmids' box in the top loading freezer (already have one for the other freezer)

Analyze DNA sequence exercise (as a group) - in WEL computer lab
5: 00 - Overnight growth of pGBR22 2x 80 ml of LB, Midiprep tomorrow (Select 2 people) ? Betty & Laraib?

5:30 - start overnight cultures (only those people who are expressing tomorrow) (Alyssa, Melissa, Vicky, Priya, Tony, Renee, Ramiro, Will)



TUESDAY 18-Jun
10 am - Larger Scale Protein Expressions (work in pairs)
ProtocolProteinExpression_VDS_Summ13_v1.doc
USE THIS PROTOCOL TOO: ProtocolBacterialGrowthCurve_VDS_Summ13.xlsx

Alyssa (Not Mon or Wed) & Melissa - FabV in pNIC-Bsa4 PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Tony & Renee (has class til 11:30) - FabI in pNIC-Bsa4PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Ramiro (Tues best, Monday ok, Not Wed, Thurs?) & Will - FrTUHP in pnic-BSA4 PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4


1:00 - everyone else come in to catch up on PCR's, agarose gel checks

Mentors (i.e. Michael) : During the break in expression
- make Resuspension buffer (~10ml per person) - see GDocs/Misc/Solutions&Dilutions or see protocol for protein expression
- make more 1 M IPTG

Transfer your transformation plate to 4degC fridge (label it correctly, and parafilm) - only these VDSers:

Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Katherine & Jacky - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Young - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Nicolet & Kevin - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4

5:30 - start overnight cultures (only those people who are expressing tomorrow) - Grace, Kavya, Katherine, Jacky, Madeline, Brendan, Kevin, Marianna, Serena, Jason, Oscar


WEDNESDAY 19-Jun
10 am - Larger Scale Protein Expressions (work in pairs)
ProtocolProteinExpression_VDS_Summ13_v1.doc
USE THIS PROTOCOL TOO: ProtocolBacterialGrowthCurve_VDS_Summ13.xlsx
Grace (Not Tuesday) & Kavya - (Kavya has every day til 11:30 am (could skip on any day but Monday) - prefers Wed) - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Katherine (but Tues afternoon class) & Jacky (not Mon - Tuesday is ok, Wednesday better) - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Madeline & Brendan - any day if advance notice..... - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Kevin (Kevin has class till 11:15) & Marianna - has class 8:30 - 11:30 (Tues is class all day) - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Serena FF @ 11 on Th - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Jason (10am free) & Oscar FtHap in pNIC-Bsa4



1:00 - people from yesterday - resuspend cell pellets in 10ml of buffer and store in conical tubes in -80degC


5:30 - start overnight cultures (only those people who are expressing tomorrow)


THURSDAY 20-Jun (Dr. B out of town) - Daniel and Co. are in charge
Firefighter Training ? - who is doing this....
Thurs @ 9:00 - 10: Karuna, Ashlee, Alyssa, Renee, Priya
Thurs @ 11- 12: Melissa, Tony, Oscar, Serena, Kavya, Anita, Marianna, Katherine

10 am - Larger Scale Protein Expressions (work in pairs)
ProtocolProteinExpression_VDS_Summ13_v1.doc
USE THIS PROTOCOL TOO: ProtocolBacterialGrowthCurve_VDS_Summ13.xlsx
Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Ashlee & Karuna (karuna has class til 11:30) - FabI in pNIC-Bsa4
Nicolet & Anita - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Betty & Laraib - (Laraib class 10-11:50 each day) - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4


1:00 - people from yesterday - resuspend cell pellets in 10ml of buffer and store in conical tubes in -80degC

EVERYONE: complete and place your Release form and Medical Waiver in Dr. B's 'pigeon hole' (the one that says RESERVED over by the lab notebooks)



FRIDAY 21-Jun
(Dr. B out of town)
OFF


SATURDAY 22-Jun
-- engage in mental gymnastics
SUNDAY 23-Jun
-- invent something

PROTEIN GROUPS (from last week)
Group A
Alyssa & Melissa PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Tony & Renee PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4

Group B
Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4

Madeline & Brendan YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Kevin & Jacky- FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Serena YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Jason & Oscar FtHap in pNIC-Bsa4

Group C
Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
Ashlee & Karuna FabI in pNIC-Bsa4
Nicolet & Anita YopH in pNIC-Bsa4
Betty & Laraib PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4

Katherine & Marianna FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4


MONDAY 24-Jun
Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 100 (Gearing Hall)
& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper

Analyze DNA sequence exercise (as a group) - in WEL computer lab

Check DNA sequence of your MidiPrepped samples
-- once the plasmid is verified - move it to the regular 'plasmids' box (and but the other half in the top loading freezer in the 'plasmids' box)
-- Update plasmid info on the Google 'Plasmid Concentrations' spreadsheet:
---------https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoO2KqKh2q_-dENvNGJEdW9qdUxQZmFYeTVoeXA0SUE&usp=sharing

EVERYONE: complete and place your Release form and Medical Waiver in Dr. B's 'pigeon hole' (the one that says RESERVED over by the lab notebooks)


TUESDAY 25-Jun

1:00
Group A: Alyssa & Melissa PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Tony & Renee PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Make Homemade Protein (SDS-PAGE) Gels
Sonication & spin down

Group B: Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, , Madeline & Brendan YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Kevin & Jacky- FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Serena YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Jason & Oscar FtHap in pNIC-Bsa4
Sonication & spin down (maybe on to purification?)

Group C: Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Ashlee & Karuna FabI in pNIC-Bsa4, Nicolet & Anita YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Betty & Laraib PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Katherine & Marianna FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
RE digest (during incubation period - make gels)

5:00 - After RE digest, people from last Thursday's expression (Group C) - resuspend cell pellets in 10ml of buffer and store in conical tubes in -80degC (20-30 minutes)



WEDNESDAY 26-Jun


11:00 AM

Group A: Alyssa & Melissa PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Tony & Renee PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4,
Sonication & Spin Down & Purification & run SDS-Page gels


1:00 PM
Group B: Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Madeline & Brendan YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Kevin & Jacky- FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Serena YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Jason & Oscar FtHap in pNIC-Bsa4
RE digest (during incubation period - make gels) ------ Change to Purification
RE digest (during incubation period -

Make Homemade Protein (SDS-PAGE) Gels


Group C: Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Ashlee & Karuna FabI in pNIC-Bsa4, Nicolet & Anita YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Betty & Laraib PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Katherine & Marianna FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4,, and Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4

Sonication& Spin Down), purification

THURSDAY 27-Jun

10:00 AM
Group A: Alyssa & Melissa PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Tony & Renee PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
run gels, stain, destain



Group C: Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Ashlee & Karuna FabI in pNIC-Bsa4, Nicolet & Anita YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Betty & Laraib PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Katherine & Marianna FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4,
purification

For everyone else - Open time - come in to work on stuff (PCR's, gels, Wikispaces updating, Notebooks, etc.)


12:30 PM - NOTE TIME CHANGE - we need to be early enough to catch the bus.
EVERYONE: Gather together to get on bus to go to Pickle Research Campus for the TACC Tour (starts at 2pm there)

To get to PRC: take #3 Burnet/Manchaca bus.

Depart:
GUADALUPE & DEAN KEETON
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(Stop #599)
1:14 PM



Arrive:
10401 BURNET & MC HALE
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(Stop #5719)
1:46 P


4:00 - Dr. B meet with Vernier

Dr. B meet with Nicolet and Kevin about paper


Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4 - add Ni-NTA resing (only 0.5 ml) overnight



WEEK 4


FRIDAY 28-Jun -

11:00 AM
finish purifications, nanodrop, enter data to Google Spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
Run gels (Protein gels), stain for 1 hour, destain overnight
Dry gels if already de-stained
Make protein gels (if we have enough combs)
RE digest if not doing protein stuff

EVERYONE:
  • Total your hours on the sign in sheet
  • Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces Research Pages 2013
    • Put a line and 'Week 4'
    • Below that add your 'result' image for the week with brief commentary
    • This page will run in reverse chronological order - i.e. Newest stuff on top
  • Lab Notebook check - should have everything up to date.


SATURDAY 29-Jun
Play Golf
SUNDAY 30-Jun
Run a marathon

5th Week


MONDAY 1-Jul
Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 100 (Gearing Hall)
& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper

Training is pretty much over
Target Assignments announced
see GDocs/Misc/ Targets/Target_Selections..

Design & Order 'Tail Primers': ProtocolPCR_PrimerDesign_for_pNIC-Bsa4CloningSumm13.doc
  • the original, full gene sequences are in (be sure to use the Codon Optimized sequence!)
  • also, don't use a file if it says 'BAD' on it.
GDOcs/Misc/Primers/DNAWorksOutput

Re-run VS4 docking with Histidines protonated (Group 1)

TUESDAY 2-Jul

11:00 AM - mentors on duty

RE digest (if not done already)

Complete successful Practice PCRs (pGBR22 and then Red OR Green)

Finish up Tail Primer Design and Ordering: Nicolet, Tony, Renee, Kevin

Start Overlap PCRs
Re-run VS4 docking with Histidines protonated (Group 2)

Grow up your own pNIC-Bsa4, mdidiprep, sequence verify it, store in your own box
Cut your pNIC-Bsa4 to prepare the vector for cloning, save in -20degC in your box



WEDNESDAY 3-Jul
11:00 AM - mentors on duty

Dilute tail primers

submit pNIC-Bsa4 to sequencing, to verify plasmid & determine what gene is in the middle


THURSDAY 4-Jul
OFF - celebrate and shoot off some fireworks

FRIDAY 5-Jul
11:00 AM - mentors on duty

We'll have open lab time (with mentors)- for people to catch up on stuff but not an organized activity

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1:00 Re-run VS4 docking with Histidines protonated (Group 2)
??
1:00 FPLC of PfDXR - for those that expressed it.

submit pNIC-Bsa4 to sequencing, to verify plasmid & determine what gene is in the middle

SATURDAY 6-Jul

Do people need more hours? - If so we can have lab times on Saturday. Let Dr. B know via email or in person (or carrier pigeon).

SUNDAY 7-Jul
Invent a new language


6th Week


PROTEN GROUPS FROM OTHER WEEK:
Group A: Alyssa & Melissa PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Vicky & Priya - PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Tony & Renee PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4, Ramiro & Will PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Group B: Grace & Kavya - YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, , Madeline & Brendan YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Kevin & Jacky- FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Serena YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Jason & Oscar FtHap in pNIC-Bsa4
Group C: Young - FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4, Ashlee FabI in pNIC-Bsa4, Nicolet & Anita YopH in pNIC-Bsa4, Betty & Laraib PfDXR in pNic-BSSA4
Katherine & Marianna FtHAP in pNIC-Bsa4
MONDAY 8-Jul

Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 403 (Gearing Hall) -NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE!!!!!! Same building

& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper

After class - PfDXR group spins down sample (combine together)
Alyssa & Melissa , Vicky & Priya, Tony & Renee PfDXR, Ramiro , Betty

4:00 - 5:15 - Naturally Obsessed documentary viewing in PAI 3.02 (with popcorn?)






TUESDAY 9-Jul

1:00 - FtHAP group spins down sample (combine together)
FtHAP group: Kevin & Jacky, Jason & Oscar, Katherine,

1 PM - FPLC for PfDXR group
Alyssa & Melissa , Vicky & Priya - PfDXR, Tony & Renee PfDXR, Ramiro PfDXR


2:00 Re-run VS4 docking with Histidines protonated (Group 2):
Melissa (?), Vicky, Priya, Tony, Renee , Ramiro,

Learn Virtual Screening:
Oscar, Jason, Stephanie, Brian, Gabe, Betty, Salil

4:00 - FPLC people collect fractions of protein and spin down again, Nanodrop it, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
? Store in Liquid Nitrogen (-80degC) and/or Glycerol (-20degC)



WEDNESDAY 10-Jul


1:00 - YopH group spins down sample (combine together)
YopH group: Grace & Kavya, Brendan, Serena, Nicolet, Young

1 PM - FPLC for FtHAP group
FtHAP group: Kevin & Jacky, Jason & Oscar, Katherine

2 - 4pm: Middle Schoolers (Shadow a Scientist) - Alyssa & Tony

4:00 - FPLC people collect fractions of protein and sping down again, Nanodrop it, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
? Store in Liquid Nitrogen (-80degC) and/or Glycerol (-20degC)


THURSDAY 11-Jul
1:30 or 2:00 PM - FPLC for YopH group
YopH group: Grace & Kavya, Serena, Young


1:00
PfDXR group - Alyssa & Melissa , Vicky & Priya, Tony & Renee, Ramiro - with ANDREW
YopH (i.e. PTP1b) group -Kevin, Jason & Oscar, Katherine - with DANIEL
Spin down FPLC'ed sample from the other day (to about 2 ml)
Nanodrop it, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
Go get liquid nitrogen (with a mentor!)
Store in protein in Liquid Nitrogen (-80degC) and/or Glycerol (-20degC)
1:00 - FtHAP group spins down sample (combine together)



3:00 Re-run VS4 docking with Histidines protonated (Group 3):
Grace, Young, Kavya, Ariel
Virtual Screening 1 (Part 2) - using GOLD: Oscar, Jason, Betty, Stephanie, Salil, Gabe, Brian


~ 4:00 - FPLC people collect fractions of protein and sping down again, Nanodrop it, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
?



Wikispaces Research Pages that need to be updated: Brian C., Gabe H., Young, Jacky, Katherine, Kevin, Ramiro, - 070913
http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Research+Pages+2013



FRIDAY 12-Jul

Dr. B in a workshop all day
Daniel & Michael are in charge (scary!)


1:15 PM - TACC VisLab Tour (on campus in ACES building) - meet in our lab first and walk over

After TOUR:
YopH group: Grace & Kavya, Serena, Young
Spin down FPLC'ed sample from the other day (to about 2 ml)
Nanodrop it, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
Go get liquid nitrogen (with a mentor!)
Store in protein in Liquid Nitrogen (-80degC) and/or Glycerol (-20degC)
1:00 - FtHAP group spins down sample (combine together)




EVERYONE:
  • Total your hours on the sign in sheet
  • Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces Research Pages 2013
    • Put a line and 'Week 6'
    • Below that add your 'result' image for the week with brief commentary
    • This page will run in reverse chronological order - i.e. Newest stuff on top
  • Lab Notebook check - should have everything up to date.



SATURDAY 13-Jul
- bake a cake
SUNDAY 14-Jul
- cure cancer



ON YOUR OWN:
Move your Target page to top of Targets Page and add in missing information
Update your Plasmid Concentrations to the Google Sheet if they have been verified by DNA sequencing:
Grow up your own pNIC-Bsa4, midiprep, sequence verify it, store in your own box
after submitting pNIC-Bsa4 to sequencing - determine what gene is in the middle
Cut your pNIC-Bsa4 to prepare the vector for cloning (one of the 1st steps in the cloning protocol), save in -20degC in your box
Continue Overlap PCR's
Begin cloning after successful PCR's


Target group meetings with Dr. B

Everyone make two (2) Kan+Sucrose LB Agar plates - we have lots (thank to Jacky, Oscar and Priya!) , but I want you to know how to make them.
-- make 20% (w/v) sucrose solution, sterile filter it ........ w/v = weight to volume
-- make LB agar plates as usual, autoclave
-- after cooled, add Kan and Sucrose (final conc of Sucrose should be 5% (w/v)) - NOTE: don't want to autoclave Kan or Sucrose

GOLD on your target - validation library
ICM run
VINA run, windows box only





MONDAY 15-Jul

Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 403 (Gearing Hall) -NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE!!!!!! Same building

& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper

2:30 - Session to update Wikispaces Target pages

Nanodrop protein, enter on Google spreadsheet (Protein Spectrophotometer Calcs)
Go get liquid nitrogen (with a mentor!)
Store in protein in Liquid Nitrogen (-80degC) and/or Glycerol (-20degC)
TUESDAY 16-Jul

WEDNESDAY 17-Jul

THURSDAY 18-Jul

People to update Target page:Nicolet, Grace & Young, Vicky & Kavya, Jacky & Kevin

People to update Wikispaces Research Pages: Grace, Jacky, Jason, Katherine, Nicolet, Ramiro,

Send your research presentation slides to Dr. B:Tony, Katherine V., Alyssa & Stephanie, Grace & Young

FRIDAY 19-Jul

Check your hours on the Hours Chart Be sure you have enough towards you 160.
EVERYONE:
  • Total your hours on the sign in sheet
  • Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces Research Pages 2013
    • Put a line and 'Week 7'
    • Below that add your 'result' image for the week with brief commentary
    • This page will run in reverse chronological order - i.e. Newest stuff on top
  • Lab Notebook check - should have everything up to date.


SATURDAY 20-Jul

SUNDAY 21-Jul


MONDAY 22-Jul

Weekly Group Meeting @ 1:00 PM in GEA 403 (Gearing Hall)

& Journal Club - see Journal Club page for paper


TUESDAY 23-Jul

Jacky, Kevin, Kavya, Vicky
grow up some pUC19
buy some Sma1 or HincII from ICMB Core Facility Store. Get NEB version.
Midi prep pUC19
make Xgal/IPTG plates with Ampicillin resistance
make some LB too (500ml)



Tues, July 23rd: Research Poster Design Workshop FAC 328 3-4 PM
- optional. Good preparation for the poster you will generate in the Spring for the Undergraduate Research Forum


WEDNESDAY 24-Jul

Send your research presentation slides to Dr. B: Nicolet, Ramiro, Jacky & Kevin, Melissa & Jason


THURSDAY 25-Jul

HSers (Brian, Gabe, Betty, Salil)
- work on Purchasing budget for reagents. In GoogleDrive/Misc/Purchasing
- examples of past orders are on second sheet in the file.
- copy and past a past order to the first sheet and then modify it to reflect what you used - Thx. - Dr. B
Then do VS3


Grace & Young - meet with Dr. B about journal paper

Send slides to Dr. B - Nicolet, Ramiro, Jacky & Kevin,


Journal Paper is uploaded:
http://vdsstream.wikispaces.com/Journal+Club+Summer+13


Social - 6 pm at Dr. B's

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FRIDAY 26-Jul



Check your hours on the Hours Chart Be sure you have enough towards you 160.
EVERYONE:
  • Total your hours on the sign in sheet
  • Add content to YOUR research page on Wikispaces Research Pages 2013
    • Put a line and 'Week 8'



SATURDAY 27-Jul

SUNDAY 28-Jul